Janusz Korczak Essays

  • Janusz Korczak

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    Janusz Korczak was a Jewish Childrens’ author, educator and pediatrician from Poland, who later, was the director of a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw. He was famous for promoting Childrens’ rights, and especially for bravely staying with the Jewish orphanage, during World War Two, even though he was offered to leave the Ghetto, and live. Janusz Korczak, whose birth name was Henryk Goldszmit, was born in Warsaw, either in 1878, or 1879, as there are no official records of his births, and sources and

  • Janusz Korczak: Beacon of Hope in the Holocaust

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    children in his orphanage. Janusz Korczak would let the children color on his bald head with crayons, and when the children lost their teeth, he would collect them and use them to build a toy castle. Known as a children’s writer, educator, and hero, Janusz Korczak showed leadership throughout the tragic event known as the Holocaust. Janusz Korczak had an unique early life compared to other children. He always tried to be decorous and positive throughout the Nazi Era. Korczak was memorialized because

  • Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

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    small and short orphan boy named Misha, he steals food to survive and to feed others. He does not remember anything about his past life, who he was, or what his real name is. “I feed whoever I want to feed.” (Spinelli 126) Another character is Doctor Korczak, he is a kind hearted man, he has an orphanage and he takes care of the orphans. “Misha, come join us. Sing with us.” (Spinelli 147) Another character is Uri, he is the boy that discovered Misha in the beginning. He is the leader of the boys, he is

  • The Crazy Horse Memorial

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    The Crazy Horse monument is important to the United States not only for continuing the Native American Culture, sharing their beliefs, building pride within their Nations, but in supporting their communities. The Crazy Horse Memorial is not only a fascinating monument but an essential NDN (Native term for “Indian”) institution, in a time when it is needed most. The Crazy Horse Monument is privately funded by donations and revenue that the Monument has raised over the last 64 years, through the gift

  • Reviewing Saving Private Ryan

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    Reviewing Saving Private Ryan In this essay we will be looking at one of the comments that one of the reviewers of ‘Saving Private Ryan’. This particular reviewer raised the point of how the director ‘Spielberg spares the viewer nothing of the horrors of battle using every tactic at his disposal to convey the chaos brutality and suffering of war.’ I will be telling you about how far I agree with this comment. The main part of the film that I will be writing about is the opening scene of